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out; head unusually large, though only about three-fifths as wide as 

 the prothorax; eyes very prominent; sulci deep, parallel and slightly 

 contorted; antennae long and fusco-testaceous, nearly black basally; 

 prothorax large, a third wider than long; base somewhat wider than 

 the apex, the incised line behind the latter coarse, deep and entire; 

 sides broadly, subevenly rounded throughout, becoming just visibly 

 sinuate posteriorly, the basal angles obtuse but rather well defined; 

 surface very smooth, nowhere punctate; posterior transverse im- 

 pression distinct and lineate, entire, gradually deeper toward the 

 foveae, the latter very deep, transversely united by a very coarse 

 deep impression extending from the inner to the outer; carina strong, 

 at some distance from the margin; scutellum longitudinally plicate 

 at base; elytra two-thirds longer than wide, only about a fifth wider 

 than the prothorax, not differing much in the sexes; striae slightly 

 impressed, not very fine and very distinctly punctate, the punctures 

 rapidly obsolescent behind the middle, the scutellar wanting; inter- 

 vals not quite flat in either sex. Length (cf 9 ) 17.0-17.5 mm.; 

 width 6.0-6.35 mm. Florida (Dunedin), W. S. Blatchley. Three 



examples, sent under the name americanus Dej blatchleyi n. sp. 



5 Sides of the prothorax broadly, very obtusely subangulate medially; 

 base distinctly wider than the apex. Body much more abbreviated 

 than in the preceding and more convex, almost similar in coloration 

 and lustre; head fully three-fifths as wide as the prothorax, shorter 

 than wide, the eyes rather prominent; sulci coarse, feebly converging; 

 antennae blackish basally, very gradually ferruginous distally; pro- 

 thorax not quite a third wider than long; base sinuate in about 

 median third; apex sinuate, the incised line delimiting the border 

 deep; sides finely reflexed in apical, rather broadly in basal, half; 

 basal angles obtuse, rounded; impressions obsolete, the depression 

 near each inner fovea distinct; foveae rather short, deep, well separ- 

 ated, the intervening surface transversely concave; carina strong, 

 not far distant from the sides; elytra short, scarcely one-half longer 

 than wide, fully two-fifths wider than the prothorax; sides arcuate, 

 the sinus very distinct although not deep; striae and punctures 

 nearly as in sigillatns; punctures traceable nearly to the apex, 

 the scutellar stria wanting, the marginal extremely close to the 

 eighth; intervals nearly flat. Length (9 ) 15.0 mm.; width 5.7 mm. 



North Carolina (Southern Pines), Manee breviformis n. sp. 



Sides of the prothorax evenly arcuate 6 



6 Body rather slender and subparallel (d 71 ), stouter and more ventri- 

 cose ( 9 ), in color and lustre nearly as in sigillatns, somewhat smaller 

 in size; head moderate, four-sevenths as wide as the prothorax, the 

 eyes moderate in size and prominence; sulci and antennae as usual; 

 prothorax a fourth wider than long, somewhat more ( 9 ) ; base sub- 

 equal to the apex and broadly sinuate except laterally; apex rather 

 deeply sinuate, the incised line deep and entire; impressions obsolete, 

 the depression near each inner fovea deep and distinct; foveae not 

 very widely separated, rather short, very deep, shallowly confluent, 

 the carina short, distant from the sides; basal angles obtuse, the 

 tips blunt though anguliform; elytra three-fifths or more longer than 



